Most inks in pens on the market nowadays slide and run off smooth surfaces, but the Sakura Glaze, works wonderfully well on glossy shiney surfaces and clings to most non-porous materials.
So you if fancy adding some finishing touches to your wedding invitations with a nice glaze pen. This is definately the way to go. You can use with peel offs, and medallions, creating wonderful dimensions, create a wonderful design wedding topper. These pens look fantastic on acetate, and almost looks like glass paint. You will love these glaze pens when colouring in wedding peel offs, they will give an extra 3d dimension to your invitation making.
While Glaze requires a longer drying time than most pens, but it works well for the patient crafter. Wedding invitations, gift cards, handmade stationery, altered books – besides providing tactile sensation, Glaze’s texture gives your projects emotional 3d depth as well. True writing you can feel!You can write or draw with Clear Glaze – then reveal wedding mesages & wishes or other secret messages by sponging color over the surface. Water-resistant Glaze acts like a “resist” to create the look of batik. Let your creativity and imagination discover the many dimensions of Glaze.
Glaze colours come out bright, glossy and iridescent and will brighten up any craft, rubberstamping or papercraft project. These are just a few of the possibilities for the use of Glaze.
Saturday, 10 October 2009
Friday, 9 October 2009
Top Tips When Making Wedding Stationery
You have now decided to make your very own wedding stationery. Handcrafted is the way you want to go. Once you have decided on the design, here are a few tips to help keep you ordganised and in control.
1. Keep all scrap paper bits. You can use them to punch out punchies for confetti, you can place them insdie the envelope when sending out your invitations, or use them as envelopes seals. Just punch out maybe a heart shape, dab a dot of glue, and stick on the envelope!
2. If you decide to use rubber stamps on your design, use Baby Wet Wipes to clean your rubber stamps if you change to a different color.
3. Store your rubber stamps away from direct sunlight and heat.
4. Use washable inkpads when making invitations, especially if you are a novice crafter, this will help in the cleaning up process.
5. Keep a notebook beside you, to jot down invitation making ideas when they spring to mind.
6. If you intend to use masking tape, to hold your design in position. To make your masking tape less sticky, just dab it on your jeans or skirt first, to remove a little of the stick.
7. Dap a blob of repositionable adhesive on the back of card or elements that you want to attach to your main invitaion card blank. Move them around till you are sure about their placements. Then you can adhere with permanent glue, once you are sure of the position.
8. Use poly bags to store your invitations, especially if you have included some 3D embellishments. This will protect them whilst working on them.
9. Dab a bit of glue on the end of the beading thread to stiften it before you thread beads.This makes it so much easier.
10. Store all pens & markers horizontally. This helps the ink flow when you use them.
11. Store inkpads upside down to let the ink sink to the top of the pads.
12. Dip a brush in water and paint a shape on mulberry silk paper, pull paper apart with your hands to give a lovely feathered edge to your shape.
13. Not sure what color card to use to layer your image on? Choose a color from the image.
14. Put loose glitter/sparkle in a salt or pepper shaker for easy distribution.
1. Keep all scrap paper bits. You can use them to punch out punchies for confetti, you can place them insdie the envelope when sending out your invitations, or use them as envelopes seals. Just punch out maybe a heart shape, dab a dot of glue, and stick on the envelope!
2. If you decide to use rubber stamps on your design, use Baby Wet Wipes to clean your rubber stamps if you change to a different color.
3. Store your rubber stamps away from direct sunlight and heat.
4. Use washable inkpads when making invitations, especially if you are a novice crafter, this will help in the cleaning up process.
5. Keep a notebook beside you, to jot down invitation making ideas when they spring to mind.
6. If you intend to use masking tape, to hold your design in position. To make your masking tape less sticky, just dab it on your jeans or skirt first, to remove a little of the stick.
7. Dap a blob of repositionable adhesive on the back of card or elements that you want to attach to your main invitaion card blank. Move them around till you are sure about their placements. Then you can adhere with permanent glue, once you are sure of the position.
8. Use poly bags to store your invitations, especially if you have included some 3D embellishments. This will protect them whilst working on them.
9. Dab a bit of glue on the end of the beading thread to stiften it before you thread beads.This makes it so much easier.
10. Store all pens & markers horizontally. This helps the ink flow when you use them.
11. Store inkpads upside down to let the ink sink to the top of the pads.
12. Dip a brush in water and paint a shape on mulberry silk paper, pull paper apart with your hands to give a lovely feathered edge to your shape.
13. Not sure what color card to use to layer your image on? Choose a color from the image.
14. Put loose glitter/sparkle in a salt or pepper shaker for easy distribution.
Thursday, 8 October 2009
Make A Wedding Information Booklet
When making your own Wedding Stationery, it will be of great help to your guests if you add some extra information. This will help your guests to enjoy your perfect day. A great idea, is to make an information booklet.
Below is a list of additional things you may, or may not wish to include with your DIY wedding invitations!! If you choose to use our printable templates, you may wish to print this information on a separate coordinating card, and pop the details in with the invitation. It is not vital, but may be of help to some guests.
- Map with directions - to get to the church/wedding venue and reception venue, ideal for those who dont know the area.
- A list of local hotels/guesthouses/B&Bs - a great help for those people needing to stay over.
- Transport options - help for those who may need assistance in getting to the area - train, bus, other.
- An optional gift list for those attending the full wedding and reception.
- Information about Car Parking if required.
- Whether smoking areas are permitted.
- Disabled facilities.
- Whether confetti may be thrown at the church or not.
- Local Taxi numbers for the evening reception, nothing worse, than not being able to get a taxi home!!
Below is a list of additional things you may, or may not wish to include with your DIY wedding invitations!! If you choose to use our printable templates, you may wish to print this information on a separate coordinating card, and pop the details in with the invitation. It is not vital, but may be of help to some guests.
- Map with directions - to get to the church/wedding venue and reception venue, ideal for those who dont know the area.
- A list of local hotels/guesthouses/B&Bs - a great help for those people needing to stay over.
- Transport options - help for those who may need assistance in getting to the area - train, bus, other.
- An optional gift list for those attending the full wedding and reception.
- Information about Car Parking if required.
- Whether smoking areas are permitted.
- Disabled facilities.
- Whether confetti may be thrown at the church or not.
- Local Taxi numbers for the evening reception, nothing worse, than not being able to get a taxi home!!
Tuesday, 6 October 2009
Making Scroll Invitations
Materials needed per invitation:
A5 Plain Vellum or Paper for printing Contrasting vellum for scroll wrap
Foil Sticker Seal
A5 Postal tube
Equipment needed:
Computer printer & a paper trimmer
Instructions:
In your word processing program change your paper size to A5, we have set out templates to help you easily achive scroll invitations. Use our free templates here.
1) Using centered text print the word “invitation” in a font of your choice – font size 72 is a good size, making it stand out.
2) After you have typed the heading, leave a line, and change the font to a next script font e.g: Monotype Corsiva – font size 16.
3) Complete the rest of the text for your invitation, what looks really good is to actually type each guest name.
4) Remember to include your RSVP address at the bottom of the page.
5) Print your scroll insert.
6) Try not to handle the print as it may take a little longer to dry on vellum than on other types of paper.
7) You could tear a thin strip off the edges of the sides to give an aged impression.
To make the scroll wrap – cut or tear the contrasting coloured velum into a square approximately 2.5”.
8) Roll the scroll insert into a cigar shape then in a diamond fashion roll the vellum wrap around the outside.
9) Where the two diamond points of the wrap meet, secure with a foil seal.
10) Place your wrap inside the postal tube and for that extra special touch – you could also add some confetti.
11) Print an address label for the scroll tube and post! This will give a really professional finish!
The A5 scroll tubes we sell are the correct sized to fit through the average letter box.
View our tips and techniques for using vellum here.
A5 Plain Vellum or Paper for printing Contrasting vellum for scroll wrap
Foil Sticker Seal
A5 Postal tube
Equipment needed:
Computer printer & a paper trimmer
Instructions:
In your word processing program change your paper size to A5, we have set out templates to help you easily achive scroll invitations. Use our free templates here.
1) Using centered text print the word “invitation” in a font of your choice – font size 72 is a good size, making it stand out.
2) After you have typed the heading, leave a line, and change the font to a next script font e.g: Monotype Corsiva – font size 16.
3) Complete the rest of the text for your invitation, what looks really good is to actually type each guest name.
4) Remember to include your RSVP address at the bottom of the page.
5) Print your scroll insert.
6) Try not to handle the print as it may take a little longer to dry on vellum than on other types of paper.
7) You could tear a thin strip off the edges of the sides to give an aged impression.
To make the scroll wrap – cut or tear the contrasting coloured velum into a square approximately 2.5”.
8) Roll the scroll insert into a cigar shape then in a diamond fashion roll the vellum wrap around the outside.
9) Where the two diamond points of the wrap meet, secure with a foil seal.
10) Place your wrap inside the postal tube and for that extra special touch – you could also add some confetti.
11) Print an address label for the scroll tube and post! This will give a really professional finish!
The A5 scroll tubes we sell are the correct sized to fit through the average letter box.
View our tips and techniques for using vellum here.
Monday, 5 October 2009
Gatefold Cards for Wedding Invitations
This is very much down to personal choice - but here are a few pointers to consider & bear in mind, out tips and techniques, will help you achieve great results that will not cost a fortune:
1) Are you going to want print on them?
If yes, then firstly check that they come flat packed, and pre-scored, ready for printing on, if they come pre-folded, this will make the job of printing on them a little more difficult. Although all our cards come flat packed and pre-scored, there are many shops out there that sell them pre-folded, and this is an important factor to consider if you need to print on them. If you are intending on using a home pc printer, you should also check that your printer will accept the size, and the weight of the card you are going to purchase.
A classic popular choice, these are our ultimate best seller.
They are very simple to use, and can look very professional.
Gatefold cards come in various sizes: A6, Large Square, Small Square, DL (tall) and A5. Before you go racing off and purchasing all your cards, there are a few things to consider when purchasing.
Gatefold cards come in various sizes: A6, Large Square, Small Square, DL (tall) and A5. Before you go racing off and purchasing all your cards, there are a few things to consider when purchasing.
1) Are you going to want print on them?
If yes, then firstly check that they come flat packed, and pre-scored, ready for printing on, if they come pre-folded, this will make the job of printing on them a little more difficult. Although all our cards come flat packed and pre-scored, there are many shops out there that sell them pre-folded, and this is an important factor to consider if you need to print on them. If you are intending on using a home pc printer, you should also check that your printer will accept the size, and the weight of the card you are going to purchase.
2) Will you be using ribbon to close the gatefold?
If you do fancy using ribbon around your gatefold cards, you will need to decide whether you want the ribbon to tie around the whole card, or will you want the ribbon to tie through holes in the centre closure where they join when closing. You will then need to work out how much ribbon to purchase, make sure this is plentiful and will be available to buy in large quantities. The last thing you want is to run out of ribbon. Some of our gatefolds come with pre-punched holes, but these are a little bit more expensive than buying gatefolds without pre-punched holes. If you want to keep the cost down, you may want to consider purchasing a hole punch, and making the holes yourself.
3) Using & Printing on Gatefold Inserts
3) Using & Printing on Gatefold Inserts
Again, you need to check your pc printer will accept insert sizes, this makes sense, as the inserts for gatefold cards will need to sit in the centre of the gatefold, so you will be printing on smaller inserts than standard sizes. Generally most printers can take different dimensions, most will accept square and smaller sizes, its normally just a case of adjusting your printer tray guides.
Friday, 2 October 2009
Wedding Anniversary Card Centrepieces
At your Wedding Reception. Its a great idea to make future Aniversary cards for centre pieces.
This can be great fun, and something very unique and different. As an activity and good conversation starter, you can make anniversary cards for the your future anniversaries. Starting with the 1st and go up to however high you'd like or upto to how many tables you have at your reception, place one card on each table.The idea is that the guests write in the card, as if it's that particular anniversary. They can write a nice memory or some advice or congratulations and then every year on their anniversary the couple has one to open!! Guests can surprise the couple with great words of wisdom - how fun! Using the card in the centre of the table, place the card in one of those cute little clippey holders, decorate around the card and holder with flowers and ribbons, also include the instructions of what the guests are to do, you can even supply a pen decorating with ribbons etc..
This can be great fun, and something very unique and different. As an activity and good conversation starter, you can make anniversary cards for the your future anniversaries. Starting with the 1st and go up to however high you'd like or upto to how many tables you have at your reception, place one card on each table.The idea is that the guests write in the card, as if it's that particular anniversary. They can write a nice memory or some advice or congratulations and then every year on their anniversary the couple has one to open!! Guests can surprise the couple with great words of wisdom - how fun! Using the card in the centre of the table, place the card in one of those cute little clippey holders, decorate around the card and holder with flowers and ribbons, also include the instructions of what the guests are to do, you can even supply a pen decorating with ribbons etc..
Thursday, 1 October 2009
Wedding Favour Pots & Pails
This is a nice idea; If you fancy something different to use for table favours and wedding reception table centre pieces, why not try decorating small garden plant pots.
Consider using your wedding craft stamps, decorative paper and small flower, or gem embellishments to decorate small garden plant pots. Purchase mini pots or bails for wedding favours, and larger pots for table centre pieces.
1) Firstly paint the pots with a nice satin finish emulsion paint.
2) When dry, using decorative wedding or heart rubber stamps, decorate the outside. Or decorate with nice strips of pattened paper, or paper cut outs.
3) If you have an alphabet stamp set, you could stamp the words '' I Do... '' all over the pot in coordinating colours to you wedding.
4) Then finish the pot with hand tied ribbons or embellshment bows and flowers.
5) Using double sided tape will adhere satin faceted ribbon perfectly around the base and at the top of the pot.
6) You can buy contrasting plants or flowers and place in the pot, using glass pebbles around the top, to hide the earth, if using real plants.
7) Or use coordinating candle in the centre of the pot!
Consider using your wedding craft stamps, decorative paper and small flower, or gem embellishments to decorate small garden plant pots. Purchase mini pots or bails for wedding favours, and larger pots for table centre pieces.
1) Firstly paint the pots with a nice satin finish emulsion paint.
2) When dry, using decorative wedding or heart rubber stamps, decorate the outside. Or decorate with nice strips of pattened paper, or paper cut outs.
3) If you have an alphabet stamp set, you could stamp the words '' I Do... '' all over the pot in coordinating colours to you wedding.
4) Then finish the pot with hand tied ribbons or embellshment bows and flowers.
5) Using double sided tape will adhere satin faceted ribbon perfectly around the base and at the top of the pot.
6) You can buy contrasting plants or flowers and place in the pot, using glass pebbles around the top, to hide the earth, if using real plants.
7) Or use coordinating candle in the centre of the pot!
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